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De Silvestro entered Supercars last year, becoming its first full-time female driver in nearly 40 years.

Before relocating to Australia, the Swiss driver made a pair of Bathurst 1000 starts as a wildcard, raced Formula E and IndyCar, and completed tests in Formula 1 machinery with Sauber in a development role.

Conjecture about any limits faced by female drivers was sparked again by Carmen Jorda, a member of the FIA’s Women in Motorsport Commission, last weekend.

Jorda, whose recent association with the Renault F1 team did not include driving its car, suggested females should target Formula E rather than F1.

Camera IconSimona De Silvestro has weighed in on the female-driver debatePicture: Getty Images

“The challenge that we women have in Formula 2 and Formula 1 is a physical issue and I think in Formula E, we won’t have it,” Jorda said, after completing an FE demonstration in Mexico City last weekend.

With a best GP3 race result of 13th across three seasons, Jorda has also previously suggested female drivers should race in their own F1-style class rather than aim to compete equally, a view not shared by her peers.

De Silvestro contested the 2015/16 Formula E season with Andretti Autosport, and made five Indy 500 starts.